Homhoangna
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Homhoangna (alternatively Homoa or Homhoa, Hispanicized to Jumuba[1]) was a Tongva village located at what is now the area in-between the Santa Ana River, Colton Avenue, and the Southern Pacific Railroad.[2] The village is associated with the area of Colton, California.[3]
The village's name is reflected in the alternative place name designation for Reche Canyon, which is also known as Homhoa Canyon, Homoa Canyon, and Homuba Canyon.[4] The Tongva language word for "hilly place" was reportedly homhoabit.[4]
The village was located at the base of the foothills which surrounded it.[4]
During a visit in September 1821, Spanish missionary José Bernardo Sánchez recorded the village was made up of homes where the river formed a beautiful cove and there were three springs of water.[5] Referred to by the Spanish as the Jumuba Ranchería, the village's location would later become the site of Fort Benson.[1]
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[edit]- 1 2 Haenszel, Arda M. (1984). "Jumuba". sanbernardino.gov. City of San Bernardino. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
- ↑ "CULTURAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES TECHNICAL REPORT FOR THE VALLEY CORRIDOR SPECIFIC PLAN, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA" (PDF). Cogstone. August 2015.
- ↑ "Villages | TONGVA PEOPLE". Retrieved April 23, 2023.
- 1 2 3 Gunther, Jane Davies (1984). Riverside County, California, Place Names: Their Origins and Their Stories. J.D. Gunther. pp. 240–41.
- ↑ Beattie, George William (1923). "San Bernardino Valley in the Spanish Period". Annual Publication of the Historical Society of Southern California. 12 (3). Historical Society of Southern California: 13–16. doi:10.2307/41169717.